Artyphius ( Old Persian: ''Ardufya'') was a general of the Achaemenid Army during the Second Persian invasion of Greece (480-479 BCE). He was the son of Artabanus, grandson of Hystaspes, and therefore nephew of Darius the Great and first degree cousin of

Xerxes I Xerxes I ( peo, 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 ; grc-gre, Ξέρξης ; – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, ruling from 486 to 465 BC. He was the son and successor of D ...

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, Artyphius was in command of the contingents of the Gandharian and Dadicae in the invading Achaemenid army of Xerxes I: Artyphius had a brother, named Tritantaechmes, who also a general in the army of Xerxes I.

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Military leaders of the Achaemenid Empire Persian people of the Greco-Persian Wars 5th-century BC Iranian people {{Achaemenid-bio-stub